The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-17

| OF ihuO. luis Phenomena - 1aiQ 70
have been noticed for ffty-seVen years.
A man has been selling patent
churns 70 the Maine farmers, taking IN
payment notes payable on demand
and made mot transferable" and
pledging himself not TO demand pay
ment within = certain long period.
Then he changed the not to note,
and sold the notes, and the farmers
were called upon to pay up.
George d. Ash, living near Hagers-
town. Nd. is engaged in quarrying
stone on his farm. using dynamite TO-
the purpose. A steer belonging to Mr..
Ash strayed into the qusrry. and, find
ing the dynamite cartridge. ate It.
The dynamite proved unwholesome
diet, exploding and bursting the ami
NAL
Rev. Adirondack Murray says Of
the lying capacity Of the French Cana
dian: There is a childish enthusiasm
about il that captivaies YOU De smiles
As he lies He lays his hand on his
heart; he lifts his eyes upward; he EN-
bellishes his little lie with sanity allu-
sions; he lies as if he believed his own
lie"
The Orlando Qla.) Record has a
cat. 1t is a black cat; il is also 3 gen.
tleman cat. His name Is Satan. and he
acts that way. Last night he fell into
the ink barrel; the pressman made
some appropriate remarks in which his
Satanic majesty's name occurred fire.
quently. Then he (the eat) walked all
over the poem editors desk and finally
went to sleep in the waste-basket
"Requies cat in pace
The Savannah Netcs perpetrates
the following: A lady At Indian spring
has hen that is quite curiosity. Il
has a coat Of hair in place Of feathers.
Although it is only a chicken, still It is
a wonderful freak Of nature. Il came
from a flock Of ordinary chickens. and
the cause of its singular coat is 9 mys-
terry. Il LAYS. sits and matches like
other chickens, and some Of its Of
spring is like the parent, but she has
not yet succeeded in bringing them 70
maturity.
From France comes the anno1nce-
rent Of a newly-invented rotary print
lIg machine. which is said to print.
superpose and fold publications from
two rolls of paper. II 80 desired. Suit
able devices sre provided-there are
four cutting and folding cylinders, two
of which cut and fold the sheets from
one roll. while the other two operate
upon the remaining one. Each Of the
two pairs Of cylinders are. however,
capable independently Of cutting and
folding the sheets Public Opinion.
The Roman Catholic authorities Of
Boston are planning to establish one
great common cemetery for all the
cities in adjacent parts Of the state, 70
which the railroads are expected torun
special funeral trains daily. the cars
going directly into the grounds and all
expense Of carriages being done away
with, the undertaken carrying the body
to the station. the city and the railroad
landing It at the grave. The Boston
& Lowell railroad is said 10 be ready 70
run funeral trains at reduced rates II
such a cemetery is established. In Mex
leo they have special funeral cars over
the horse-car routes 20 the cemeteries.
The history Of the toothpirk In this
country has few curious and interest
ing features. Not many years ago .
man In South America, whose wife was
in the United States. whitfield out few
wooden toothpicks and sent them 10 her.
lr some way not now known the pro-
prietor Of hotel obtained some Of
them and. learning who made them, he
applied for 3 supply. This led 10 large
sale Of the whitfield picks and finally 70
the establishment of an agency for their
sale in this country. The toothpick
manemigrated North and invented ma
chinery by which he turned out the 6rsi
year sixteen million two hundred and
fifty thousand picks. which has Slnes in
creased to above that number PEI
month.
Tho gathering of hundreds Of B-mAr.
tins In and around the public squares
every day at MartinsTille. Henry
County. Va, has excited no little curl.
Ositv lately. An examination has dis
slosed the fact that they were making
deliberate and apparently systematic
war upon the English sparroWs. the
victory invariably remaining with the
martins. They have now. 1t Is said.
literally whipped the spsrroWB out Of
the place.
The subject Of spiders Is an OK.
tremely interesting one, and may Be
followed with much profit in the way Of
amusing information. One Of the curl
Gus points Is the difference in the sexes
Van Hasselt has made tho amusing
calculation that il the same difference
IN size existed between man aud aoman
Is we end in the Nsxes Of spiders a nan
six feet ign aud Weighing $50 pounds
could not mud = partner less than sew
enty-ive feet In height or weighing less
than two hundred thousand pounds
Mr.. Eric Bruce. who has worked
cut the idea Of signaling At night by :
captive balloon lighted insids BY cleo
trio incsndescent lamps has Just com.
pleted one for the Belgian government
Mr. Bruce's latest balloi is fifteen feet
10 diameter and 1000 cubic feet In
capacity. It is made Of varnishe5
cambria, and Is translucent Six Edi
son and Swan lamps Of eight 70 ten
.eandle-pOWer ara mounted inside. aas
earrent Is supplied BY an z P. s
, sccumulatOr Of twenty-five cells Of the
eleven type In tsak-boxes.
When the Emperor Charles v. Of
Spain retired 10 the monastery Of Sc
YHste he took with him Torriqno, his
tiOek-maker. in order b while away
the time By constructing the movements
Of clocks So wonderful we're some Of
4 : pieIes Of work which they mada
thai tAt monks could not believe cny
one except the devil had q hand IN
them until the machinery was shown
70 them By the ex-Empsror. Il wa
ordered By Charles that when be ahosld